mike scott wrote:
On 28 Oct 2005 at 11:57, Robin Laing wrote:
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The question is how much accuracy to you really need in a document.
The issue here isn't really inch or mm but precision. Housed are
built with less precision than what you are asking for. Thousands of
an inch? Come on. I have a hard time visualizing a 100th of an inch.
Can you purchase a ruler with a 100th of an inch scale?
I've used a metal ruler with 1/64 inch divisions. Not so far off 10
thou -- and even if you can't /measure/ .01 inches accurately by eye,
you can still, I suspect, easily /see/ the difference between .01 inch
and .015 inch.
More to the point, why limit, whether deliberately or accidentally,
available precision? I can't see that it costs extra to have it; those
who don't need it won't bother, those who do will take it for granted.
This and all the other responses all give good reasons to allow higher
precision in settings. I find that I have to admit that I was wrong.
The answer about cumulative errors actually reminded me of problems
I have had in the past.
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Robin Laing
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